Your experiences illustrate the human cost of this problem better than any powerpoint or analysis. Help make the need for action clear: The most impactful way for students, families, teachers, and other professionals to influence the process and the outcome is to speak up in large numbers. Young people's firsthand accounts are especially powerful.
Here are the methods we recommend to make yourself heard. It's as easy as 1-2-3!
Here are the methods we recommend to make yourself heard. It's as easy as 1-2-3!
1. Signup to support the bills and get updates...
2. Share your support online...
Help spread the word about the new Dyslexia legislation online. Here is an example message to post:
3. Write, call, and email your lawmakers...
Mailing addresses for postal mail letters:
Sharing your personal story is best, but here is a template to help you start:
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Our family has spent years in school systems that did not offer structured literacy as well as thousands of dollars on testing and tutoring, while our daughter suffered anxiety and lowering self-esteem related to learning to read. Had schools offered structured literacy from kindergarten, years of stress and loss of learning time could have been avoided. Our daughter and others like her could have become confident readers earlier on and spent their energies on learning math, science, history, writing - all of which were road-blocked due to reading difficulties. If a child struggles with reading, every area of her academic life will suffer. Structured literacy in every school, for all children, would create the opportunity for every student to thrive.
— Cindy